Small Upgrade On The Way

[AB Editor]

We're just adding some links to the AB social profiles (for those interested) and adding a "related question" feature.

The latter is a bit "dumb" at the moment, and runs a direct title search to produce results. We will tweak this in the future to produce more nuanced results.

Let me know if anything is on fire over the next couple of hours.

All the best,

Ed

[vivandorron]

I agree ummmm...This thread is not about Badges, but the Ed pushed me into raising the subject when he said to me "You're being a nuisance NOW however. If you're unable to express the problem clearly I suggest you don't try to express it."

Ron.

[2sp_]

I'm quite liking the related questions bit.

(And no, I'm not just kissing up to Ed.)

[mazie]

Me too 2sp...I can't see the problem myself.

[2sp_]

It's really handy in Q&P.

[Ann]

Sorry Ed - find it slightly irritating, as most don't seem related to the post at all. I'm sure most ABers would prefer a new feature of adding the latest reply to appear on page one of the thread instead of having to scroll to latest page all the time or having more posts showing on latest posts at any one time, at busy times they disappear without hardly anyone seeing them.

[woofgang]

I agree with Ann, dont like it at all.

[dotty.]

what are the ab social profiles when they're at home/

[Tilly2]

I don't like the related threads. The page seems too 'busy'. My life is busy enough. I come on here to relax. I don't want overload.

[bibblebub]

it might have been better if they had been added as a list like Latest Posts, next to that on the rhs

[Gromit]

You are bound to get negative comments about site changes, you always do.

As you point out yourself, the related posts seem incredibly dumb at the moment. They might be useful when they smarten up. Have you set a time limit for that to happen? I would hate for them to be unused clutter six months from now.

[Maydup]

I don't mind change and I don't mind the extra bit at the bottom for related threads, but it is likley to encourage old threads to be restarted again by accident.

What I really liked from many mooms ago, was when you typed a new title in ready for a new post, the related threads came up at that stage. Saved lots of repetition and saved me forgetting to search first for similar answers.

[Ann]

That sounds a good idea maidup.

[Maydup]

In the meantime, is there any chance of the related threads having a different background colour Ed?

I use "end" quite a lot and it takes me down to the bottom of the related posts now rather than the bottom of the thread. It would be an enormous help if there was a change of colour to scroll back up to and to locate the last post easier.

[Ann]

Where does it say "end?" On my screen where the pages are numbered it says 1 2 3 4 Next Last ....... I usually click on Last and it takes you to the last post of that topic not to the bottom of the related posts.

[shoota]

Top right hand corner of the keyboard Ann

[Ann]

i didn't realise that Shoota, thanks, but it seems it only takes you to the bottom of the first page but not to the very end reply if the thread goes over several pages.

[shoota]

Yes it will only work on the page that you are on ('Home' just along from it takes you back to the top and you can scroll up and down with the two keys inbetween) as it is a computer feature rather than a site feature.

[rob872]

i have recently discovered those useful keys too shoota,tho i find page up/down moves me alot further than the arrow keys.also backspace is like clicking on blue arrow in top left of web page.are there any other useful shortcut keys.guess there must be a site about this anyway,hope this all makes sense. cheers

[shoota]

Lol, Rob, me too - I'm no expert and only found those four keys the other day myself.....

[Mojo-Jo-Jo]

Newbie: Hai there, can you tell me where to get this dead obvious thing?
Snotty ABer: Well the LEAST you could have done is Google it!
Other snotty ABer: A simple search of the site would have told you that straight away.
Yet another SnABer: Stop making other people do your work for you lazybum.
Ed: I've made it easier for lazy questioners to find stuffz.
Snotty ABers: This is my site and how dare you tell newbies things that might cause me to not have to shout at them.